All language subtitles for The Ten Commandments 2006 1080p US Blu-ray MPEG-2 DTS 5.1-QQQ

(thunder crashing)

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(man) There was a man
whose name is revered

by Jews, Christians
and Muslims alike.

By Jews, Christians
and Muslims alike.

He was born into slavery
among a people who had been

He was born into slavery
among a people who had been

held captive by the Egypt
of the Pharaohs for 400 years.

Held captive by the Egypt
of the Pharaohs for 400 years.

He lead a rebellion against
the world's greatest empire

He lead a rebellion against
the world's greatest empire

And handed down a moral law

That has stood the test
of thousands of years.

That has stood the test
of thousands of years.

His name was Moses.

Unh.

(screaming and screeching)

Well?

The dream, oh, Pharaoh--

It comes
from Ra himself.

What does it mean?

A time of danger
approaches...

A time of danger
approaches...

For you and for Egypt.

For you and for Egypt.

Aah! Oh!

Uhh! The danger comes
from a slave child...

Uhh! The danger comes
from a slave child...

Hurry, please, quickly.

A child will become

- A prince of Egypt.
- (crying)

And then?

Bring down... Both horse...
And... Rider!

Bring down... Both horse...
And... Rider!

Bring down... Both horse...
And... Rider!

Where can this child
be found?

(shouting)

Where can
this child be found?

(baby crying)

(shouting)

(whinnying)

- A boy.
- (crying)

(laughs)

(laughs)

Aaron, meet your brother.

Aaron, meet your brother.

There.

Kill all the newborn males--
all of them!

(women screaming)

(crying)

(man) Stop!

(man) Stop!

(crying)

(woman screams)

Give me back my son.

Put guards at all the gates.

- I won't let them take him!
- (crying)

(gasps) The basket.

Okay.

Oh. (gasps)

- I'll hide him in the reeds by the river.
- No, wait...

If they catch you,
they'll kill us all.

You'd sacrifice
their lives for his?

You'd sacrifice
their lives for his?

(shouting and screaming
in distance)

(baby crying)

(man) Try this corridor.

- (man) This way!
- (man) Spread out.

(man) There's more this way.
Here we go.

Come on.
You two go that way.

- This way, hurry.
- Right.

- Anything? Right there.
- I'll get 'em.

(man) Go. This way.

(all grunting)

(dogs barking in distance)

(men shouting in distance)

(gasps)

(crying)

Forgive me.

(crying)

Forgive us.

(sobbing) Oh!

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Set adrift on the Nile
by his birth mother,

He was found by a princess
of the royal household.

He was found by a princess
of the royal household.

- (gasps)
- (baby crying)

There, there.

Are you mad?
This is a slave child.

Are you mad?
This is a slave child.

I don't care.
I was meant to find him.

I don't care.
I was meant to find him.

But Pharaoh had all the slaves
male infants Killed.

But Pharaoh had all the slaves
male infants Killed.

He had a dream
that one of them

would lead a rebellion
against the throne.

But, really,
I didn't find him.

He found me.

You cannot let him live.

I shall call him Moses.

What if he is The One

who's destined
to bring down the Pharaoh?

If power is meant
to change hands...

If this child--
if he is the future,

If he is the Chosen One...

then he will bring
wealth and power

to those he thinks of
as his family.

You saved his life.
He must know that.

He must know
what he owes you and me.

(woman) Send someone
to ask if any of the slaves

will be a witness
for a newborn child.

Will be a witness
for a newborn child.

His mother will say yes.

What if it's a trap?

Then we have to risk it
for his sake.

Then we have to risk it
for his sake.

Tell her you will take
the child back when it's safe.

Until then, she is to care
for it as if it's her own.

Until then, she is to care
for it as if it's her own.

(cries)

When |I...

When I give him back to you,
promise...

When I give him back to you,
promise...

Promise that he'll know
those are his people, too.

Promise that he'll know
those are his people, too.

(Moses crying)

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

(man) The princess gave birth
to another son, Menerith,

But she loved Moses no less.

Prince Moses, put your full
weight behind it.

All right, once again.

The brothers grew up

as children of privilege,
trained to take their place

among the many princes
of Egypt.

As part of their education,

They were taught
the hidden mysteries

of the house of the dead
and of the Sun god Ra

and the many other gods
of Egypt.

You may want to cover
your noses and your mouths.

You may want to cover
your noses and your mouths.

(coughs)

Prince Moses.

You there, back to work.

A man is but a shell,

Given the breath of life
by the gods,

And when that breath
is taken away from him,

This is all that remains.

How many gods are there
in the world?

Oh, as many gods
as there are nations,

As many gods
as there are men.

Who made the gods?

I'm afraid I don't understand
your question.

- Where did they come from?
- They just are.

They are part of
the natural order of things.

They are part of
the natural order of things.

Look long enough,
and very soon, what happens?

Look long enough,
and very soon, what happens?

The stars begin
to make patterns,

And it's possible
to understand those patterns

And predict how they might
change in time.

You're princes of Egypt,
not barbarians.

You need to know
these things.

No.

Loyalty is a wonderful
quality, prince Moses,

Loyalty is a wonderful
quality, prince Moses,

But you'd be better served
curbing that temper of yours.

But you'd be better served
curbing that temper of yours.

You can't catch me.
(laughs)

Come back here!

All this time,
the child had been unaware

of the dark secret
of his birth.

I have to tell him.

Why must you?

Because I made a promise.

I'm gonna kill you!

(grunting)

You've always known that you
and Menerith weren't brothers--

At least, not by blood...

At least, not by blood...

I know you adopted me.

And I know that two brothers
have never been closer,

but now,
you have to know the rest.

But now,
you have to know the rest.

(gasps)

Moses.

This is your father.

I'm Jochebed,
your mother.

I'm Jochebed,
your mother.

This is
your sister Miriam,

And that's Aaron,
your elder brother.

When you were born,

It was too dangerous
to keep you.

We had to give you up.

There was nothing else
we could do.

I held you at my breast

Until you were
old enough to walk,

And then I gave you
back to her.

Why?

We didn't just want
to save your life,

we wanted it
to be a good one.

We wanted at least one
of our children to have...

more than this.

But you gave me away.

Oh, it was because
we loved you.

(crying) Oh, my son.

Oh, my child!

Oh, my child!

The princess promised

that we could tell you
where you came from.

That's all we want,
that you should know...

That's all we want,
that you should know...

Then you can
forget about us.

Then you can
forget about us.

Inside lies the man
who led us here--Joseph.

Inside lies the man
who led us here--Joseph.

Inside lies the man
who led us here--Joseph.

His brother
sold him as a slave.

He rose to become
the Pharaoh's chief minister.

He brought us here to Egypt,

He brought us here to Egypt,

But when that Pharaoh died,
they enslaved us

But when that Pharaoh died,
they enslaved us

And kept us here.

(wind whistles)

Do you hear that?

That's the wind
from the desert.

That's the wind
from the desert.

That's where we came from.

Men talk
of the glories of Egypt--

Men talk
of the glories of Egypt--

The things Egypt has built,

but all of it stands
on the bones of Our People.

It's held together
by Our Blood.

It's held together
by Our Blood.

Is he one of your gods?

We don't worship a corpse,
no matter how illustrious.

We don't worship a corpse,
no matter how illustrious.

We don't worship a corpse,
no matter how illustrious.

Then where are your gods?

Did the Egyptian ones
defeat them?

At one time,
we believed in a God--

A powerful one,
the only one.

A powerful one,
the only one.

But he hasn't spoken
in all these years.

- Is he dead?
- Some people say that.

No. No, that's not true.

Then where is he?
What has he done for us?

Then where is he?
What has he done for us?

Why does he let this
happen to us?!

Moses!

You won't send me away...

- To live like that, to be a slave?
- No.

- To live like that, to be a slave?
- No.

You're a prince of Egypt.

Your life was saved
for a reason, Moses.

Your life was saved
for a reason, Moses.

You have a great future
awaiting you.

Forget about today.

It was a mistake or a nightmare.

It was a mistake or a nightmare.

Yes, yes,
it had to be a nightmare.

Yes, yes,
it had to be a nightmare.

You'll forget about it by morning.

You'll forget about it by morning.

This is where you belong.

This is who you are.

This is who you are.

Do you see a slave child there...

Do you see a slave child there...

A descendent of some
sheepherder from the desert?

A descendent of some
sheepherder from the desert?

Or do you see a prince--

A prince who might one day
become Pharaoh of Egypt?

A prince who might one day
become Pharaoh of Egypt?

(men shouting in distance)

Pull harder! Pull!
Come on!

Pull harder! Pull!
Come on!

Pull harder! Pull!
Come on!

You should marry and build
your own palace, Moses.

You should marry and build
your own palace, Moses.

Join me on the next campaign
and see how a soldier lives.

Join me on the next campaign
and see how a soldier lives.

In time, perhaps.

You have to get out
into the desert

where the gods set rules

before you get too soft
for city living.

What is he a god of?

Thirst, hunger and slow death?
No, thank you.

I like the city.

All a civilized man needs
is here.

All a civilized man needs
is here.

I have to get my men
ready for review.

I have to get my men
ready for review.

Forget the desert.

You're much more at home
in a library or a marble bath.

You're much more at home
in a library or a marble bath.

(man) Come here.

What's the matter,
don't you like me? (laughs)

- (woman panting)
- No, no! Please, please, please!

- Get out of my way.
- Have mercy. Please don't hurt her.

- Get out of my way you scum!
- She's my wife. Please have mercy.

You dog. Aah! Aah!

You can watch.

It'll be even sweeter.

It'll be even sweeter.

- (woman) Oh!
- Leave her alone.

My prince.

I said, leave her alone.

But she's only a slave.

Don't.

Oh, what would it matter, Prince?
She'd probably enjoy it.

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Why did you do that?

Why did you kill a man
for punishing a slave?

I was angry. No one
should be treated like that.

I was angry. No one
should be treated like that.

The body's been found.

Pharaoh's given orders
for your arrest.

You have to leave.

- I won't let them take you.
- You don't have any choice.

He has to leave now, immediately.

Why don't you ask your slaves
to protect you?

I don't want
to bring trouble to them.

No, you'd rather
bring trouble here.

Come now.

Could I stand by
and do nothing? Could I?

She was a slave.

Run. Go to your desert
and die,

And while you're dying, think
of what you've thrown away.

Think of the destiny
that awaited you here.

Think of the destiny
that awaited you here.

I'll come and find you,
bring you food and water.

No, no, I won't let you
risk your life for me.

We're brothers.
Don't forget that.

I'll never see you again.

(crying) You can't survive
out there...

(crying) You can't survive
out there...

You of all people.

I don't belong there.

I don't belong anywhere.

I don't belong anywhere.

They should have let me die that
night when the soldiers came.

They should have let me die that
night when the soldiers came.

Why did I live
and so many others die?

Why did I live
and so many others die?

Wait!

(whispers)
The nights are cold.

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(bleating)

(man) Come on!

Get out of here!

The water's ours!

We were here first.

You think I care?

I said,
we were here first.

I told you to go!

(gasps)

Stop!

You there...

Ohh!

(grunting)

(grunting)

Take your flock away.

You could've been killed
in a quarrel that wasn't yours.

You could've been killed
in a quarrel that wasn't yours.

When a man
hasn't mastered his temper,

He'll find
a quarrel anywhere.

My father will wish
to thank you anyway.

My father will wish
to thank you anyway.

Unless you have
someplace...

Someone to journey to.

Egyptian.

I don't know what I am.

But you've lived in Egypt?

Yes.

Never liked cities...

Especially theirs.

Unnatural.

Make you soft.
Make you crazy.

In the cities they say
the desert does that--

Makes men mad--

If you can even find
a way to survive in it.

Survive?

It's got all you need.

Not much more than that--
true, but all you need.

Not much more than that--
true, but all you need.

Just have to look.

Seven daughters--
I thought it was a curse.

Seven daughters--
I thought it was a curse.

What did I do to deserve it?

But they've learned.

Proud of them.

Especially that one.

To have a man around

When it's needed...

Like today.

I didn't stop to think.

It could've ended badly
for everyone.

But it didn't.

You did what a son
would have done for me...

Or a son-in-law.

Even one who walked out
from the desert

Even one who walked out
from the desert

Like a man
without a past,

Like a man
without a past,

Or who was running
away from one.

Or who was running
away from one.

(imitating goats bleating)

(screeching)

(women trilling zaghareet)

(cheering)

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(baby crying)

(baby crying)

Oh.

(laughter)

Shh, shh, shh.

Gershom.
I name you Gershom.

Gershom.
I name you Gershom.

It means "stranger."

Like the stranger
you took into your family.

Like the stranger
you took into your family.

Can you take
that sack?

Come on, now!
Hup! Hup!

(baby cries)

There's green grass
over there.

Keep moving.

There must be
a stream there.

Don't even look
up there.

Mount Horeb--
the holy mount.

Mount Horeb--
the holy mount.

It's not safe
to go near it.

There's danger there.

(male voice whispering)
Moses...

(gasps)

(gasps)

This is holy ground.

I am the God
of your Fathers,

I am the God
of your Fathers,

of your people
who are slaves in Egypt.

I know
of their suffering.

I know
of their suffering.

I have chosen you
to free them,

to lead them to the land which
I promised their forefathers.

To lead them to the land which
I promised their forefathers.

Go--go back to Egypt?

I killed a man there.

You will go back.

But why should they
listen to me?

Why should the Pharaoh
listen to me?

I will be with you.

You say you're their God
and my God.

You say you're their God
and my God.

Well, what is your name?

I Am Who I Am.

They won't listen to me.

They won't believe
that you've spoken to me.

They won't.
They won't. They won't.

Throw your staff
to the ground.

(hissing)

Pick it up.

Oh! (panting)

Don't send me.
Don't send me.

I'm not
the person you need.

I can't do this.
I can't do this.

It's you
who I've chosen.

(crying)

If your people need you,
then you must go.

If your people need you,
then you must go.

I've never even
lived with them.

If their God
is telling you to go...

If their God
is telling you to go...

Is he the same god
of the mountains?

Is he the same god
of the mountains?

I don't know.

When I asked Him His name,

He gave me an answer
I didn't really understand.

He gave me an answer
I didn't really understand.

It's as if He wants me
to discover something

about Him for myself.

I never asked for this.

You could always say no.

You could always say no.

The desert's a big place.

Perhaps big enough
for even a God not to find you.

Perhaps big enough
for even a God not to find you.

(crying)

But... why aren't we happy?

We should be happy.

I listened,

and I'm obeying.

He talked to me.
I can't talk to him.

(groans)

You'd think if this
is what he wanted,

He'd make the going
a little easier.

(crowd speaking indistinctly)

(cheers and laughter)

Stop.

Moses?

Moses...

My son!

Did I bring trouble to you?

All that matters
is that you're here again.

All that matters
is that you're here again.

You don't
have to hide anymore.

The old Pharaoh is dead.

Ramses is Pharaoh now.

It'll all be
like it was before.

You'll be a prince again.

This is my wife...

And my son.

Where I go, they go.

The palace.

No, not there.

No, not there.

Is this the house
of Amram Jochebed?

It was.

And you are?

Moses.

My name is Moses.

I'm Miriam...

Your sister.

Can it really be you?

Come.

Please, come.

They're both dead now--

Our father first

And then our mother.

But she never forgot you.

I'd see her sitting there,

and I knew she was thinking
about where you were--

What had
become of you.

What had
become of you.

Yes...

You were always
her favorite

Even though
you never lived here,

Never had to live with--

Why are you back?

What do you want...

Egyptian?

No man believes
he speaks to God

unless he's out
of his mind.

He spoke to me.

And I argued with Him.

With God?

He can be demanding.

He gets angry at times.
He's unpredictable.

He has all this power,
and yet, he has to come

To somebody like me
to do things on his behalf.

That makes him a little
short-tempered at times.

You are talking about him
as if he's a person.

He is... To me,

- Although he's still my God. He is our God.
- You are mad.

He's told me how
you're going to help me.

- Me?
- I know what you think about me, Aaron,

But God wants to use you, too.

You're a part of his plan
just as much as I am.

So God lets us be kept
in slavery for all these years,

So God lets us be kept
in slavery for all these years,

and then he decides
to free us,

and the person that he chooses
to do that is you?

Helped by you.

But he doesn't send you back
with an army--

Just that barbarian wife.

You're going to lead
a rebellion?

You, who's never spent
more than one night here?

Who everyone here knows
you turned your back on us!

You turned your back
on everyone!

All I know is that
I am who I am has sent me.

All I know is that
I am who I am has sent me.

Who?

I Am Who I Am.

How do you know that name?

God told me his name.

God told me his name.

But he wants me
to think about it.

Find some...
inner meaning in it.

That name is
never to be spoken.

That name is
never to be spoken.

When Joseph
brought us here...

he told us
that one of the ways

that God would reveal himself
was in those words.

That God would reveal himself
was in those words.

" Am Who I Am."

Time isn't right.

Even if we believed you...

The people
aren't ready for this.

You think the Egyptians will
let us go just because we asked?

You are talking
of a rebellion!

It takes years of planning.
It takes an army.

You think
we don't want freedom?

You think we haven't
dreamed of it?

The Egyptians will fight back,

And we know what that means.

And who are you anyway?

He's Moses.

He saved my life

And my wife's honor.

This is a good man.

Whatever he has to say,
you should listen to him.

He may be a good man.

That doesn't mean we should
follow him to disaster.

That we should lose
what little we have...

just because he says
that God spoke to him.

Just because he says
that God spoke to him.

Did he?

In the desert, yes.

I don't know
why God chose me.

I'm a stranger.
I've never shared your burdens.

Some of you probably think

I'm more of an Egyptian
than a slave even now,

But I know what happened to me
out there.

But I know what happened to me
out there.

I know what God wants me to do

I know what God wants me to do

With Aaron's help.

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Pharaoh,
free your slaves!

They came here as free men.
Let them leave as free men.

They came here as free men.
Let them leave as free men.

We've given you our labor
and our blood for 400 years.

Now you give us
something--

Our freedom.

My people built this.

They created
the wealth of Egypt.

They created
the wealth of Egypt.

Is their freedom too much
to ask in return?

Is their freedom too much
to ask in return?

Guard!

Do you have an army?

No.

Do the other slaves
have an army?

No.

Then why should I
let them go?

Because God demands it.

And where is he,
this God of yours?

And where is he,
this God of yours?

I see my gods...

My priests.

I don't see yours.

But he's more powerful a God
than all of yours.

But he's more powerful a God
than all of yours.

Really?

A slave god more powerful
than the gods of all this?

A slave god more powerful
than the gods of all this?

(hissing)

(all gasping)

(chuckles)

The children of Egypt
perform tricks like this.

The children of Egypt
perform tricks like this.

(laughter)

What are you trying to prove?

You allow your people
to follow their gods.

You allow your people
to follow their gods.

Let us follow ours.

Let us go into the desert
for three days to worship.

And then what?

You will willingly return?

Perhaps in that time
you'll change your mind.

I doubt it.

Enough!

Pharaoh will not
haggle with a slave.

Pharaoh will not
haggle with a slave.

Take them back
to the quarters.

They should be at work
with the others.

A slave is still a slave,
even if he thinks

A slave is still a slave,
even if he thinks

his God has told him
to argue with his master.

Menerith?

You make sure
that one knows

how hard slaves
are expected to work.

How hard slaves
are expected to work.

It's you.

This is my brother, too.

I see only
one of our masters.

He's my brother.

Is it true?

You found the God
you were always seeking?

He found me.

And did he send you
back here?

He does what he wants.

I'm learning that.

Sometimes
I argue with him,

but he always wins.

He won't win
with Ramses.

Despite appearances,
he's a weak, insecure man.

Despite appearances,
he's a weak, insecure man.

They're the most dangerous
when you attack them.

You didn't just attack him.
You humiliated him in public.

I don't suppose
you could talk our brother

Into leaving things
as they are?

I'm his brother.
You're his owner.

Aaron's as
hot-tempered as me.

His tongue
is just as sharp.

Maybe that's why God
chose us to work together.

- And die together.
- If it comes to that, yes.

It won't. I told you.
God spoke to me.

He made me a promise.

He may be difficult,
but sometimes I wonder

if he doesn't think he made
a mistake in choosing me.

But he made me a promise.
He will not break it.

(shouting)

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Aah!

You're not done!

There you are.

Get up!

Get up!

No water for him!
Go on!

No water for him!
Go on!

(sobbing)

(loud, indistinct arguing)

(man) It's Moses' fault!

(man)
Look at how we suffer!

Pharaoh died because
this Moses upset the Pharaoh!

Pharaoh died because
this Moses upset the Pharaoh!

- Where did he come from?
- Who is he?

What gives him the right
to speak for us?

What have you done to us?

Now Pharaoh has ordered us
to collect our own straw.

Listen to him!

Do you know how long
that will take each day?

We still have to
do the same work!

Listen! Listen to him!

He died just trying
to keep up with the work!

Listen!

Which one of us
will die tomorrow

- and the day after, thanks to you?
- Listen!

Would you rather stay slaves?
Is that it?

You like your chains?

You want your wives and your
children to live like animals?

Do you want permission
to live and die?

(shouting)

(shouting)

(man) What can we do?

The Egyptians killed him.

They killed him!

Tomorrow they might kill you
or you or you!

Tomorrow they might kill you
or you or you!

Years ago, their soldiers--
they came here in the night,

and they killed
all the newborn males.

And they killed
all the newborn males.

You didn't want
to fight back then.

You don't want
to fight back now!

No, you want to blame those
who want to save you

from such a thing
happening again!

Because a man
is born in slavery,

Because a man
is born in slavery,

that doesn't mean
that he is a slave!

He has to think of himself
as a slave before he is one.

He has to think of himself
as a slave before he is one.

To be a free man, you have
to stop thinking like one.

To be a free man, you have
to stop thinking like one.

To be a free man, you have
to stop thinking like one.

God sent me here
to lead you out of here!

God sent me here
to lead you out of here!

How do we know it was you
he spoke to?

And what he said?

My words--My words
aren't enough for you?

They weren't good enough
for the Pharaoh.

That's the point.

That's the point.

(shouting)

You've thought it over?

Come to plead with me?

Apologize.

To give you
one final warning.

Free your slaves.

Guard!

But why? Why are you
sending me away?

- Don't you love me anymore?
- I love you.

- Don't you love your son?
- Yes.

Then why do I have to leave?

I'm asking everyone to give up
everything they've ever known.

I'm asking everyone to give up
everything they've ever known.

I have to give up
something, too.

Me? Gershom?

If there were any other way,
but I have so much to do.

If there were any other way,
but I have so much to do.

- Terrible things are about to happen--
- Shh.

More terrible than
anyone has ever known.

I don't want the two people
who mean most to me

To be here for them.

I know how powerful
this God is.

I know how powerful
this God is.

He's more powerful
than anyone can ever imagine.

He's more powerful
than anyone can ever imagine.

Side by side
Moses and his brother

took on the might of Egypt.

It's time.

First the Nile--

The lifeline of Egypt
turned to blood.

(gasping)

Aah!

(shouting)

(shouting)

Look!

It is red silt from the river.

It is red silt from the river.

Come and see the trick.

Oh. (laughs)
Look at that.

Oh. (laughs)
Look at that.

(laughing)

(laughing)

Enough.

Take it away!

When the river died,

the animals that survived
invaded the land.

(croaking)

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

(shouting)

And then the animals died...

and starvation threatened.

Oh.

(crying)

Your quarrel is with me.

Your quarrel is with me.

Your God's quarrel
is with me.

Your God's quarrel
is with me.

Must all my people suffer
because of it?

Unless you do his bidding, yes.

Tell him to do his worst.

I'll not surrender to him...

Or to you.

Or to you.

(locusts chirping)

Then the locusts came

and ate what little food
was left.

Help! Ohh!

Help! Ohh!

My son. My firstborn.

My son. My firstborn.

Imre.

Imre.

I told him
all about you.

- I wanted him to meet you.
- (Moses laughs)

This is Moses, my brother...

A great, great man.

A great, great man.

Wait for me by the gate.

How much longer
will this torment continue?

Until he frees us.

He'd have had you killed by now.

He knows what your God can do.

He's afraid of his power.

Ramses can put an end to it
at any time.

Ramses can put an end to it
at any time.

A weak man is the worst
for adversaries.

A weak man is the worst
for adversaries.

He mistakes stubbornness
for strength.

He'll fight on when a strong man
would leave the battlefield,

Knowing all is lost.

Knowing all is lost.

You're a stubborn man, too.

Because I know I'll win.
God will win.

Because I know I'll win.
God will win.

And then what?

Ramses will free us.

And what can we do
in the meantime?

And what can we do
in the meantime?

Pray to your gods

that Ramses will spare
your people further suffering.

They were your people, too,
once...

Weren't they?

(shouting)

Get out! Get out!
Come on!

Get out! Get out!
Come on!

Come on, come on, priest.
Get out!

Come on, come on, priest.
Get out!

(groaning)

Get out there!
Now do something!

Get out there!
Now do something!

(screams)

Protect him!

No.

No.

No.

No.

Surrender to a slave...

Is that what you want
your Pharaoh to do?

Aah!

(grunting)

Who else counsels this?
Hmm?

Who else counsels this?
Hmm?

(rumbling)

(rumbling)

(wind howling)

The skies rained down
pestilence and fire,

leaving the Pharaoh
and his sorcerers powerless.

Until the very face
of Ra himself

was hidden from view.

Was hidden from view.

Ah, there. You see?

Ah, there. You see?

It is not possible

For the mighty Egypt
could be destroyed

By this man Moses and his God.

But there are those
who begin to fear it.

But there are those
who begin to fear it.

They say freeing a few slaves

is but a small price to pay.

Shh!

Menerith...

How much longer
can I count on my army?

I'm a soldier.
I'll tell you in plain words.

I'm a soldier.
I'll tell you in plain words.

Men have seen their women
and children go hungry...

seen them fall sick,

seen them lose everything
they have including their faith

in the power of the Pharaoh
to protect them.

- This is blasphemy!
- Silence!

They would rather
have the slaves freed

Than lose
what little they have.

I am Pharaoh.

Centuries look down on me.

I am a god.

I am a god.

No.

No.

No.

I stand firm.
I will not be moved.

I stand firm.
I will not be moved.

I stand firm.
I will not be moved.

I will not sacrifice that much
of what I and my son have.

I will not sacrifice that much
of what I and my son have.

I will not sacrifice that much
of what I and my son have.

Pharaoh!
Pharaoh, years ago,

the previous Pharaoh
had a vision

of a prince of Egypt

who would bring
mortal danger to the kingdom.

Moses is no prince of Egypt.
He's a slave.

Moses is no prince of Egypt.
He's a slave.

No, he's not a slave.

He's my son.

I found him in the river...

I found him in the river...

and I brought him up
as my own child...

and I brought him up
as my own child...

and I brought him up
as my own child...

as a prince of Egypt.

I told the Pharaoh
this prince of Egypt

I told the Pharaoh
this prince of Egypt

Aould bring down
both horse and rider!

Aould bring down
both horse and rider!

Get out!

- Get him out!
- (laughing)

- Get him out!
- (laughing)

Go!

Make him go!

Just the men.

No, the women
and the children, too.

No, the women
and the children, too.

The women,
but not the children?

All, everybody--
the old, the young,

every slave you own.

Not the flocks and herds.

- Yes.
- No.

We leave nothing
that is ours.

That is not for you to say.

No, it's for God,
but he speaks through me.

No, it's for God,
but he speaks through me.

I am Pharaoh.

I am Moses.

I'm willing to bargain.

I am not.

- (shape fingers)
- (man) Guards!

I am the Sun,
the Moon, the Nile.

I am the Sun,
the Moon, the Nile.

I rule in this kingdom...

And I rule
in the life after death.

If this man
enters the palace again,

If this man
enters the palace again,

He is to be killed...

Instantly.

And what now?

What now?

(Moses) Freedom is near...

Very near.

Our God has brought us
this far.

Our God has brought us
this far.

There is only
a little way to go.

There is only
a little way to go.

These are our last hours
as slaves. Remember them.

Tell your children
to tell their children

how bitter
our captivity was.

We must never forget.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Yes!

(all shouting)

(all shouting)

Get ready for a journey.

Roast meat...

bake bread,
eat with the bitter herbs

that have been all we have had
to savor our food with.

Be ready to leave
at any moment.

Be ready to leave
at any moment.

Smear some of the blood
from your meal

over the door of your house.
Do not forget that.

Every door must have
that sign on it.

It will protect you...

And then wait.

Wait.

Wait.

(wind gusts blowing)

(wind gusts blowing)

(goat bleats)

(coughing)

Aah!

(shouts)

Oh! Oh!

(boy gasping)

(boy gasping)

SETI.

SETI?

SETI!

SETI! SETI, wake up!

SETI! SETI, wake up!

SETI!

SETI! SETI!

SETI! SETI!

(Menerith) Moses!

Moses, my brother!

Menerith.

My son was taken, too.

My son was taken, too.

I grieve with you.

I grieve with you.

You... grieve?

You... grieve?

Wasn't this your doing?

It was God's.

You willed it.

Ramses will give you
your freedom now.

Ramses will give you
your freedom now.

Your God won.

I think
your god is a cruel one.

I think
your god is a cruel one.

Years ago,

Pharaoh sent his soldiers
to kill our children.

Pharaoh sent his soldiers
to kill our children.

I wasn't among them.

I wasn't among them.

My son wasn't there.

My son wasn't there.

Why should we be punished?

Why should we be punished?

I do what God tells me.

I do what God tells me.

If he told you to kill me...

If he told you to kill me...

would you do it?

Would you?

Would you?

Yes.

The men and the women
and the children.

The men and the women
and the children.

Yes.

With all
their flocks and herds.

With all
their flocks and herds.

Yes.

Before they leave,
their masters and mistresses

will give them
gold and silver...

No.

As tribute for their labor
of 400 years.

As tribute for their labor
of 400 years.

Yes.

(Bit hi a)
Menerith won't see you.

He's still grieving
for his son...

for my grandson.

I can't pretend
to understand.

Sometimes I think I don't know
who you are anymore.

Sometimes I think I don't know
who you are anymore.

Perhaps I never did.

Perhaps I never did.

All I know
is that I love you.

You're my son, too,

You're my son, too,

and I'll never stop
loving you.

And I'll never stop
loving you.

Will I ever see you again?

Will your God
let me see you again?

Will your God
let me see you again?

(crying)

(crying)

It's time!
We're leaving quickly! Hurry!

It's time! Now!

Now! We're leaving!
Now, now, now!

We're leaving!
Come on, quickly!

(man) This way!

You brought us here...

You brought us here...

and the Egyptians
betrayed us.

And the Egyptians
betrayed us.

Now I'm taking them back
to the only place I can...

Now I'm taking them back
to the only place I can...

The desert.

What are you doing?

You can't disturb
Joseph's grave.

- This is sacrilege.
- We're his tribe,

Not the Egyptians.
He belongs with us.

(cheering)

Keep them moving.
We're not safe yet.

He could still
change his mind. Come on.

(crowd speaking indistinctly)

(man) After 400 years!

(woman) Oh, my God,
we've made it.

(man) Follow Moses!

(man) Follow Moses!

Where do we go, Moses?
Which way?

The Promised Land--
where is it?

How do we get to it?

How long will it take?

How will we live
till we get there?

(wind howling)

There.

My son.

My little boy.

No.

You lost your son, too.

Had we known Moses'...

Brother.

Who are you?

Menerith...

Fight.

Fight!

(horses neighing)

Whoa.

Go back. Tell Pharaoh.

(man) Pharaoh!

(yells command)

(man responds to command)

(neighs)

Onward!

(men shouting)

(screaming)

Come on!

Come on!

Here!

We stop here!

You fool!

We're trapped.

- You've lead us into a trap.
- What kind of leader are you?

- You'll have us killed, all of us!
- Enough!

(seagulls squawking)

(seagulls squawking)

Moses...

You know my voice?

You know my voice?

Yes.

You know who I am?

Yes.

Do you trust me?

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

(shouting and screaming)

(man) Come on!

(neighs)

Yah!

(thunder crashing)

- Oh!
- (thunder crashing)

- Oh!
- (thunder crashing)

This is witchcraft.

It must be.

Or God's word.

I say witchcraft!

No, it's the only way to escape.

No, it's the only way to escape.

(shouting)

(man) Hurry!

(man) Hurry!

Oh!

(man) Come on, come on!

Keep going! Keep going!

Keep going! Keep going!

(man) Come on!

Come on!

(baby cries)

Keep moving.
Keep moving. Hurry!

Keep moving.
Keep moving. Hurry!

I'm coming.

Aaron, don't be afraid.

Aaron, don't be afraid.

Keep going! Go!
Keep going!

Keep going! Go!
Keep going!

(woman screams)

Keep going! Have faith!

Hurry!

(horses neighing)

Moses!

See to the others.

(horse neighs)

They're slaves!

They're unarmed!

Go!

(all yelling)

Go! Come on!

Go! Go, quickly!

(man) Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

(man) Must endure!

Keep moving!
Don't look back at them!

Keep going!

Come on! Don't look back!

Trust in your God!
Keep moving!

Don't look back!
Don't look back!

(neighing)

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Hyah!

Save yourself, brother.

(all yelling)

Have them collect
all the weapons.

We still may need them.

(sobbing)

Moses!

Moses!

Everyone is celebrating.

So what now?

I don't know.

Well,
where do we go?

Well, we need water.
We'll find a spring somewhere.

Well, we need water.
We'll find a spring somewhere.

Well, we need water.
We'll find a spring somewhere.

But after that?

But after that?

We'll find another,

and then a way to feed them
once the bread runs out.

What happens to us now?
Now we are free.

We stay together, and then
we wait for God to tell us

When to go to the land
he's promised us.

What are you doing?

(goats bleating)

I'm going to find grazing,
water and food for my family.

By yourself?

- Why not?
- No.

We stay together.

Because you say so?

Because God
has a plan for us.

There behind you lies Egypt.

So there's no going back
that way.

So it has to be the desert.

We have bread for many days,
but water for only a few.

We have bread for many days,
but water for only a few.

We've no tents,
no means of sheltering

We've no tents,
no means of sheltering

Against the cold
of the night.

None of you know
how to live in the desert.

Most of you are scared of it.

I was, too,
when I first came here,

But I learned to live in it,
and so will you.

But I learned to live in it,
and so will you.

Abraham was a nomad!
So were Isaac and Jacob!

Abraham was a nomad!
So were Isaac and Jacob!

The desert's in our blood.

We should be at home here
if anyone is.

We should be at home here
if anyone is.

383

(man) So these
newly freed slaves set out

on one of mankind's
epic journeys

led by a man
who many of them believe

wasn't even truly
one of them,

each step taking them further
into the unknown.

Each step taking them further
into the unknown.

(spits)

Put it down.

You'd make him
give up his life for yours?

It's you
who's risking his life--

Risking all our lives.

What should we do...

Go back to Egypt...

Beg to be slaves again?

By day, we scorch to death.
By night, we freeze.

By day, we scorch to death.
By night, we freeze.

How many of us will be left

by the time you know
where you're leading us?

Nobody has
to burn or freeze,

but they have to work.

Slaves have always
had masters to rely upon.

They'll bow their backs
as long as their owner

gives them a few racks
to put on it...

tosses them scraps of food,
tells them what to do.

Tosses them scraps of food,
tells them what to do.

I don't want to be
a slave again.

Then start acting
like a free man.

Take care of yourself,

And don't take
what doesn't belong to you.

And don't take
what doesn't belong to you.

(man) No...

Not yet.

They're right
to question me.

I brought them here,

but I don't know
where to go next.

Can't you tell me?

Can't you tell me?

Have it your way.
Make me work it out for myself.

Maybe you're having doubts
about having chosen me.

I'm not clever enough or brave
enough or strong enough.

If that's it, it's fine by me.
I never asked to lead them.

If that's it, it's fine by me.
I never asked to lead them.

"I Am Who I Am."
What does that mean?

Why give me a riddle to solve?

What is it that you're trying
to get me to see?

(bird's wings flapping)

(gasps)

Your brother
is a remarkable man.

As remarkable as you.

As remarkable as you.

God speaks to him,

and he speaks to God.

I'm talking about
your other brother.

This man Moses
walks in from the desert

and says God has chosen him,
and Aaron follows blindly,

and says God has chosen him,
and Aaron follows blindly,

without any questions,
just as you do.

Such love and devotion,

such putting oneself aside
for somebody else.

It's rare, even between
brothers and sisters.

Don't you believe
he talks to God?

I believe he believes that.

And that God speaks to him?

He believes that, too.

But even you
have to take his word for it.

It's not just his word.

We've seen
God working through him.

Wasn't Aaron at his side?

Didn't you lead the people
into the sea?

God spoke to him--

Not to me, not to Aaron.

Perhaps
he's trying to do that.

It's just that
you won't listen

because Moses has convinced you,
as he's convinced us all...

that he's the one.

But he is the one.

We all know that.

Don't we?

We know that
he tells us he is.

A knife may be quicker,
but poison is more certain,

and the best poison of all
is jealousy.

383

(goats bleating)

(goats bleating)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(man) The water's foul.
We can't drink this.

(man) The water's foul.
We can't drink this.

This is unbearable.
We're going to perish here.

All this way,
and for what?

It's not fit to drink.

It's poisoned.

Why have you done this
to us?

You told us
there was water here.

We need water and food.

If we were gonna die
of hunger and thirst,

We could've done it
back in Egypt.

You nearly did. Remember?

And you prayed to God
to save you,

And he answered your prayers
and brought you here.

- To die anyway?
- You think that's what he wants?

- To die anyway?
- You think that's what he wants?

I don't know.

I just know that

My children are sicker now
than they were in Egypt.

My children are sicker now
than they were in Egypt.

At least there
they had water to drink.

They have water here.

It's poisoned!

Moses knows the desert,

and he'll take us
to sweet water.

To the next spring?
And how far away is that?

Days? Weeks?

How can we last
that long?

You'll drink this water.

How?!

383

(cheering)

- (cheering)
- It's good. It's good!

It's good! It's good!

(laughter)

Forgive me.

Don't ask Moses
for forgiveness. Ask God.

Don't ask Moses
for forgiveness. Ask God.

When you doubt Moses,
you doubt him.

Isn't that right, sister?

Yes.

Over there.

(man) It's Sichem and Yitzchak.

(woman) No. No.

(man) Where are the children?

Moses...

Over here.

(sighs)

Who would do
such a terrible thing?

A Malachite.

A Malachite.

Every spring, every dead tree,
every dried-up riverbed

Every spring, every dead tree,
every dried-up riverbed

Every spring, every dead tree,
every dried-up riverbed

has been fought over
since the beginning of time.

Has been fought over
since the beginning of time.

And we are going to have
to fight

for whatever piece of it
God wants us to have.

For whatever piece of it
God wants us to have.

(thunder rumbles in distance)

Why would someone do that?

Leave the tribe,
strike out on their own?

Leave the tribe,
strike out on their own?

Maybe he didn't trust
where he was being led to...

Maybe he didn't trust
where he was being led to...

Maybe he didn't trust
where he was being led to...

Or who was leading.

It is not only danger
from outside you have to fear.

It is not only danger
from outside you have to fear.

You have enemies here, too,

But I'll look out for you.

I have Aaron.

Maybe...

But brothers have been known
to fall out, haven't they?

But brothers have been known
to fall out, haven't they?

(goats bleating)

Come on, come on,
come on.

(laughter)

Don't worry.
God will provide...

Don't worry.
God will provide...

Won't you?

Look! Look!

Look! Look!

(woman) What is it?

(people speaking indistinctly)

There's food for all!

Eat!

Eat!

God will send you as much
as you need every day...

No more and no less.

No more and no less.

(all cheering)

Didn't I just tell you
he'll send you

As much as you need every day?
If you store it,

that means you have no faith
in him keeping his word.

(gasps)

Believe in him.

That's all you have to do.

If you do that,
then he will take care of you,

And we won't
ever go hungry again...

Or thirsty.

(cheering)

Maybe they will
believe in you now.

I'm not so sure.
In a few days,

they'll be complaining that
they have to bend to pick it up.

(laughs)

(laughs)

There's something
I have to show you. Come.

There's something
I have to show you. Come.

Amalekites.

This can't go on.

We must protect our people.

I didn't train
as a soldier...

I didn't train
as a soldier...

nor did Aaron,

but we have to learn
how to fight--

All of us.

All of us.

(laughter)

No, no, not like that.
Swing first

And move your head down below.
That's it. Back to the body.

Pick up your sword.

No.

Pick it up.

No.

When God
parted the seas for us,

He did it
because we believed in him.

He did it
because we believed in him.

He sent food
and water to us.

We were thirsty
and starving.

If we choose to fight,

He'll think
we've lost that faith.

What's your name?

Joshua.

God won't fight
all our battles for us, Joshua.

I wish he would.

So much easier if he did,

but this time,
we have to do that ourselves.

And that means everyone.

When the time comes,
God will help us.

When the time comes,
God will help us.

To stop him doing that
is an insult to him.

There was a man whose house
was threatened by a flood...

There was a man whose house
was threatened by a flood...

When his neighbor left, he said
he should come with him.

"No," he said.
"I'm waiting for God's help.”

"No," he said.
"I'm waiting for God's help.”

The water kept rising.

The water kept rising.

A man on a camel
called to him.

"Jump on," he said.
"Save yourself."

"No, I'm waiting
for God's help."

The water rose to his roof.

The water rose to his roof.

A man in a boat came by.
He refused to get in it.

"I'm waiting
for God's help."

He drowned.

He drowned.

He was very angry when
he came face to face with God.

He was very angry when
he came face to face with God.

"Why didn't you save me?!"
he asked.

"Why didn't you save me?!"
he asked.

God said,
"I sent you the neighbor,

God said,
"I sent you the neighbor,

"I sent you the camel,
and I sent you the boat.

"I sent you the camel,
and I sent you the boat.

"What more did you want?"

I'm doing what you told us to--
trusting God.

I'm doing what you told us to--
trusting God.

I won't insult him and fight.

Insult him by protecting
yourself and your people?

Leave him be.

He's still thinking
like a slave.

He's still thinking
like a slave.

When someone strikes a slave,
they cower and beg,

"Please don't hit me again.”

They wring their hands
and keep their back bent,

even while they're
being beaten to death.

Broken man...

A man with pride...

Pride in himself
and his family and his tribe!

Pride in himself
and his family and his tribe!

Pride in himself
and his family and his tribe!

He says,
"Touch me, and you die."

He says,
"Touch me, and you die."

I think maybe
you might have

the makings
of a warrior after all.

(yelling)

Slay them all!

(grunting)

Aah!

They're ready.

Ready, yes,
first for the Amalekites,

And then for you.

We can't afford
to risk you in battle.

Nor you...

but I know
who should lead them.

We can't take the village,

And we can't attack
their army head on.

We have to ask ourselves,
how do they see us?

We have to ask ourselves,
how do they see us?

Who do they think we are?

Ex-slaves who can't
or won't fight.

That's right.
What do they want from us?

That's right.
What do they want from us?

They wanna steal our flocks,
kill the men and boys

And take all our women
as slaves.

So we use that against them.

(Moses) There won't be
any miracles today.

(Moses) There won't be
any miracles today.

Today, he's testing us.

Today, he's testing us.

We want the sea to part.
If we want the rock to split,

We want the sea to part.
If we want the rock to split,

we have to do it ourselves...

with these.

It seems strange to be
holding these, doesn't it?

We've been forbidden to carry
weapons for 400 years...

We've been forbidden to carry
weapons for 400 years...

Forbidden to strike back
when someone attacked us.

Forbidden to strike back
when someone attacked us.

All that changes today.

All that changes today.

You're the ones who will work
the miracles now.

(Moses)
Joshua will lead you in battle.

Like you, he's never
fought one before,

But the Amalekites are fighting
for loot and slaves.

But the Amalekites are fighting
for loot and slaves.

We are fighting for the right
to exist as free people.

We are fighting for the right
to exist as free people.

Our cause
is the greater one...

Our cause
is the greater one...

and God is with us.

And God is with us.

(cheering)

- Moses.
- Give us a sword.

We have enough sworders.

It's for them.

One sword won't fight off
the Amalekite army.

No...

But it can make sure
they won't take us alive.

We won't be
their concubines.

Our children
won't be their slaves.

Our children
won't be their slaves.

Wait.

(goats bleating)

Hup, hup.
Come along.

Move, move. Come on.

Get over there, you.
Keep moving.

(man) What's back there?

(horses neigh)

All right,
they've seen us! Run!

All right,
they've seen us! Run!

(man) Here they come.

(all yelling)

(grunting)

(horses neighing)

Whoa! Oh! Whoa!

(yelling)

Look over there!
They went that way!

(men yelling)

Aah!

(grunting)

(grunting)

Aah!

Run!

- (woman) Look.
- (horse approaching)

Amalekites!

Amalekites!

Uhn.

Follow me!

(all yelling)

(all yelling)

Uhh! Ooh!

Oh!

Aah!

Uhh!

(grunting)

Come here. Don't look.

Come here. Don't look.

Have we pleased you?

Did we pass the test?

Did we pass the test?

How many more tests like this
will you send us?

How many more tests like this
will you send us?

We fought and won today.

Will we have
to keep fighting and winning

to show we're worthy of you?

To show we're worthy of you?

How many other battles like this
will we have to fight

To prove that?

(sighs)

(Miriam) We won.

He led us to victory.

With Aaron at his side.

With Aaron at his side.

Moses said here
is where we stand and fight.

Moses said here
is where we stand and fight.

Moses said here
is where we stand and fight.

True.

But at what cost?

How many more victories
like this can we afford?

I have betrayed
my husband.

I've betrayed my wife.

(donkey braying)

(donkey braying)

Stop!

Stop there!

Stop there!

Take that silly toy away.

I said, stop!

I'm looking
for a man called Moses.

I'm looking
for a man called Moses.

Moses!

Moses!

Zipporah.

Zipporah!

I heard about the Moses
who defeated the Pharaoh

and his whole army...

Led his people
into the desert...

Got into a fight
with the Amalekites.

(laughs)

Killed them all,
burned their village...

Killed them all,
burned their village...

That was you?

The Moses
who married Zipporah,

The daughter of Jethro,
yes, who--

Who seems to want
to forget me.

Take any of them slaves?

No.

Ah, pity...
All an Amalekite is good for.

Ah, pity...
All an Amalekite is good for.

How did you do it...

How did you do it...

That God of yours...

The one who spoke to you?

We owe it all to him, yes.

He spoke to you
in the mountains, yes?

Then he was in Egypt,

And now he's here
in the desert, too?

Yes.

You take him with you?

I think it's more like
he's with us all the time.

I think it's more like
he's with us all the time.

- How?
- (laughs) I don't know.

- How?
- (laughs) I don't know.

- How?
- (laughs) I don't know.

He's a mountain God,
and a--and a God of slaves,

and a God of free men,
and a God of the desert.

He seems to be everywhere.

He still speaks to you?

Sometimes
I think I hear him...

Sometimes
I think I hear him...

but I think he wants me
to work it all out for myself

If--if I can...
(laughs)

If--if I can...
(laughs)

But he's still here...

Watching, listening,
telling me somehow

Watching, listening,
telling me somehow

That when
I really need him again...

That when
I really need him again...

He'll be there.

Who are you going to fight next,
the Philistines?

Deserve as much
as the Amalekites got.

I hope not
to have to fight anyone...

But I doubt
if it can be like that.

But I doubt
if it can be like that.

Where are you headed?
Where are you taking them?

Where are you headed?
Where are you taking them?

To the land
God promised them.

First, there's--there's
something he wants from them

First, there's--there's
something he wants from them

and from me.

It has to do with the desert.
Something we have to find here.

It has to do with the desert.
Something we have to find here.

It has to do with the desert.
Something we have to find here.

Can you find it...

If you don't know
what it is?

You weren't much of a shepherd
when you came to me first...

You weren't much of a shepherd
when you came to me first...

Had to learn it,
but you learned well.

(sighs)
What a hard drive it is.

Dangerous at times, lonely.

Don't always do
what you tell them, do they?

Sometimes they kick you.

Sometimes they kick you.

They have no one else
to rely on.

You feed them,
care for them,

stop the wolves
from getting to them.

But sheep
don't complain all the time--

Argue with every decision
you make,

plot against you.

I have someone
to protect me.

He's the only one
I can trust

apart from
my brother and sister.

No. You can't trust anyone.

No. You can't trust anyone.

He'd lay down
his life for me.

Tonight, perhaps,
but tomorrow...

Tonight, perhaps,
but tomorrow...

Things can change.

Your own family
doesn't change.

I taught you
to be a shepherd.

I taught you to survive
out here.

I taught you to survive
out here.

Listen to me. When you run
in front of the pack,

what do they see?
Your back

what do they see?
Your back

makes for a broad
and tempting target.

Makes for a broad
and tempting target.

You cannot trust anyone.

You cannot trust
anyone at all.

You shouldn't
even trust me.

Not trust you?

Well, me, perhaps.
(laughs)

Well, me, perhaps.
(laughs)

Point made.

(laughs)

You're still not there,

despite all the airs
you give yourself.

You're still
a long way away.

(whispers)
You have a lot to learn.

You think
she wants you to forget her?

You think
she wants you to forget her?

I think
she doesn't want that at all.

(donkeys braying)

(horse neighs)

So you are him...

The Moses
whose name is famous

all across the desert.

You... (sniffles)

You... (sniffles)

How has this time
been for you?

How has this time
been for you?

Since my husband
sent me away?

Those are your sons.

Those are your sons.

They're of an age
to ask who their father is.

They're of an age
to ask who their father is.

What do I tell them?

That they're not just
the sons of a sheepherder,

but a warrior
and a leader of men?

But a warrior
and a leader of men?

That we're going
to be together from now on?

That we're going
to be together from now on?

They have been cast adrift
as children, too,

They have been cast adrift
as children, too,

just as you were.

Just as you were.

Don't you want
to bring them to shore...

Don't you want
to bring them to shore...

Tell them how much
you love them?

Tell them how much
you love them?

I'm not a king.

I am a shepherd.

This is my flock.
I can't abandon it.

We'll stay with you.

We'll go on the journey
with you.

(crying) I can't.
This takes everything I have...

(crying) I can't.
This takes everything I have...

every moment
of the day and the night.

Every moment
of the day and the night.

Every moment
of the day and the night.

(crying)

(crying)

(boy) What is it?

It's all right.
Don't worry.

Don't worry.

If you make my mother cry,
I'll kill you.

If you make my mother cry,
I'll kill you.

This is my son Gershom.

This is my son Gershom.

His father is a long way away.
He is on a journey...

His father is a long way away.
He is on a journey...

One it doesn't seem
he's coming back from.

One it doesn't seem
he's coming back from.

(donkeys braying)

Where are we going?

Wish you were
coming with us.

I'd like those boys
to have a father...

I'd like those boys
to have a father...

And her to have
a--to have a husband...

And me to have...

To have a...

Just remember...

Trust nobody.

Nobody.

Why is God punishing you?

He's taken
your brother Menerith,

made you turn
your back on Jethro

who was like a father to you.

Turn your back on me,
on your sons.

How much more
will he take from you?

How much more
will he take from you?

Is what you're seeking
worth what it's costing you?

Is what you're seeking
worth what it's costing you?

You want to take everything
from me, is that it?

You want to take everything
from me, is that it?

I'm to have nothing left?

Other people
can have wives and children

and fathers and mothers,
but not me

Because--Because you chose me--
for what?

Because--Because you chose me--
for what?

To suffer? To be alone?

To suffer? To be alone?

Take it. Take it all.

Take it. Take it all.

Do--Do you want me naked?

Do you want me to have
nothing left at all

except this--this burden,
this responsibility

when you won't even tell me
where I'm supposed to lead them

when you won't even tell me
where I'm supposed to lead them

and how long it will take?

There. Get someone else.
I never asked for it.

There. Get someone else.
I never asked for it.

I don't want
to be the Chosen One.

I just want the life
that other men have.

I.--

I want my children.

At least talk to me!
Give me an answer.

At least talk to me!
Give me an answer.

Give me a sign
that you're there.

Give me a sign
that you're there.

Moses...

Moses...

You all right?

You got lost?

I was praying...

Talking to God.

The well's run dry.

We need you to tell us
where to go next.

Very well, then.

We need tallow for candles,

but we can't make it
while we're on the move, so...

And we need more wood
for the fires,

and wolves got into
the sheepfold last night, and...

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(bleating)

That's far enough, Enoch.
Come down.

(camel grunts)

- (grunts)
- Keep him steady.

(man) Moses, please, make him
pay me what he owes me.

I paid you.
They're my witnesses.

No, no! You bribed them
to say it!

- He bribed them!
- Yes.

- He bribed them!
- Moses!

- (man) I did not!
- I'm telling you, this man's a liar!

He made my daughter pregnant!

- Make him marry her!
- That's a lie! I never laid with her!

Liar! He lied!

(all yelling)

He appointed himself
our leader.

He made himself
our military commander.

Now he's our judge, too.

My husband beat me again!
Make it stop!

My husband beat me again!
Make it stop!

(all yelling)

(all yelling)

(shouts indistinctly)

- No, please.
- No. Leave her!

- Please, no!
- She's my wife.

Stop it, stop it, please.

- I said, leave her!
- No!

No! No!

Please, no.

Please don't fight, no!

(sobbing)

Stop, please!

Oh.

(grunting)

No!

No!

(crying)
What have we done?

(crying)
What have we done?

(both grunting)

(both grunting)

(grunts)

It's Philistine land
way over there.

It's Philistine land
way over there.

We're not strong enough
to fight them yet.

We'll head
that way instead.

(Aaron) Did the Philistines
build that?

No. It's a temple
for an Egyptian outpost.

No. It's a temple
for an Egyptian outpost.

How do you know that?

I was a Prince of Egypt once,
remember?

(man) The Pharaoh Akhenaten

said there wasn't
one God for Egypt

said there wasn't
one God for Egypt

and other Gods
for other people.

The Philistines
must have overrun it.

The Philistines
must have overrun it.

No. The Egyptians
destroyed it themselves.

No. The Egyptians
destroyed it themselves.

If the idea of God
had any meaning,

If the idea of God
had any meaning,

there could only be
one all-powerful God...

there could only be
one all-powerful God...

But if men
started to question

But if men
started to question

what they had been told
to believe

since the world began,

what else might they not
begin to question?

What else might they not
begin to question?

One God...
A ridiculous idea.

One God...
A ridiculous idea.

One God...
A ridiculous idea.

Far better that there should be
as many gods as there are men

Far better that there should be
as many gods as there are men

if only to keep us priests
employed. (laughs)

If only to keep us priests
employed. (laughs)

If only to keep us priests
employed. (laughs)

If--if there was one God...

If--if there was one God...

If he made the world and the sun
and the moon and the stars,

If he made the world and the sun
and the moon and the stars,

Then--Then he'd be everywhere,
wouldn't he?

Then--Then he'd be everywhere,
wouldn't he?

He'd be a God of the desert

and the cities,
and the mountains, too.

He'd be
in the wind and flames...

And in your heart, too.

You wouldn't have to make
a statue of him to worship

because--because
he'd be all around you,

and...

you could be a nomad
and still be in touch with him,

and if you asked him
his name...

that's how he'd answer.

He's--He's no need for a name.
He just is,

and he is what he is.
One God.

Not one among many.

One. The one!

One. The one!

(bleating)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(crying)

Have we run out of enemies

So that we need
to turn on our own?

Is that what it is?

It's come to that?

I've brought them this far

only to have them
kill each other?

We brought them this far--
Aaron and I, too.

I'm sorry.
Yes, of course.

Without you two...

So... what now?

So... what now?

We find the killer
and punish him.

In front
of all the tribe.

In front
of all the tribe.

You agree?

If this goes unpunished,
what's to stop any man

from killing anyone
he has a quarrel with?

(footsteps approach)

I know who killed him.
I can name the murderer.

I know who killed him.
I can name the murderer.

Eleazar found him
trying to steal his new lambs.

They fought.
Yitzchak's for revenge.

We fought, yes, and I--

I did say I'd kill him,
but I didn't do it, I swear!

Has anyone proof
that he killed him...

Proof that he hid the body?

- No, but...
- Then let him go.

- No. No.
- I said...

Let him go!

Let him go!

I wouldn't punish a man
there's no proof against.

- Then let us have him.
- We are not an unthinking mob.

- Then let us have him.
- We are not an unthinking mob.

We are a tribe,
a people, a nation.

Haven't you learned that?!

We don't blindly seek revenge.

We don't blindly seek revenge.

- We look for justice.
-What justice is there

in letting this killer
go free?!

(man) He's right!
Where's the justice in that?

(man) No justice.

I say again...

Has anyone the proof?

Has anyone the proof?

Anyone?

Free him.

I saw them together!

They were arguing...

on the way to where
the body was found.

(crowd yelling)

(man) You know I didn't do it.
You know I didn't do it.

Please, no, no.
It wasn't me.

Please, no, no.
It wasn't me.

- What is it, Moses?
- Are you afraid to say the word?

What kind of leadership
is that?

No, no, this is wrong!

Blood for blood.
What other way can it be?

Isn't that right?

Why make murderers
of us, too...

Make us share the crime?

You've had your judgment.
Let her have hers.

(man) No! Please!

(man) No! Please!

No!

- Not yet.
- Moses...

- Not yet!
- He has to die.

You have no choice.

Come with me.

I killed someone once...

and then I hid the body...

and then I hid the body...

But no body
stays hidden for long.

But no body
stays hidden for long.

Even if no one finds it,

it still comes to you
in the night

because you took
the life from it.

I can never
forgive myself for that...

I can never
forgive myself for that...

even though I had good reason
for what I did.

Even though I had good reason
for what I did.

Sometimes I think that

is what God is making me
pay back for.

Is what God is making me
pay back for.

And you...

And you...

Does a ghost come to you
in the night...

(crying)

With that question
in its eyes--

With that question
in its eyes--

"What gave you the right
to take from me

"the life that God
breathed into me?"

(sobbing)

(sighs)

There. (kisses)

Oh.

My poor, poor child.

(cries)

(speaking indistinctly)

You...

of all of them.

I'm so ashamed.

I'm so ashamed.

All I wanted
was to serve you.

You.

You.

I was afraid
of your anger...

of what you would
think of me...

knowing how weak I was.

It was for you
I killed that man in Egypt...

It was for you
I killed that man in Egypt...

It was for you
I killed that man in Egypt...

to protect you and your wife.

To protect you and your wife.

(crying) I know.

And another man died

because you chose
to sleep with his wife!

Because you chose
to sleep with his wife!

My enemies are waiting
for just one sign of weakness...

My enemies are waiting
for just one sign of weakness...

Waiting for me to favor
those close to me,

Waiting for me to favor
those close to me,

and then they will strike...

and then they will strike...

and if I fall, then this
has all been for nothing.

And if I fall, then this
has all been for nothing.

At least spare her.

How can I do that and still
keep the people together?

How can I do that and still
keep the people together?

They want an example
to be made of both of you.

They want an example
to be made of both of you.

(crying)

Tell me you forgive me.

Tell me you forgive me.

It's for God to forgive.

It's for God to forgive.

But you understand I did it
out of fear and anger.

But you understand I did it
out of fear and anger.

I understand that

more than anyone else
in the world ever could.

Take him.

(shouting)

(shouting)

(rock thuds)

(all shouting)

(crying) Why?!

Why did you take him
as well?!

Why did you take him
as well?!

Why did you take him
as well?!

Why?!

Give me some answers.
Don't you dare ignore me!

Give me some answers.
Don't you dare ignore me!

Don't you dare!
I am Moses!

I am Moses!
(sobbing)

I am Moses!
(sobbing)

Tell me the rules
I have to teach them...

Tell me the rules
I have to teach them...

the rules we have to live by,

but let them come from you
and not from me.

Please, please
say something to me.

Moses.

Moses.

Come to me.

Come find the answers
you have sought for so long.

Come find the answers
you have sought for so long.

Come find the answers
you have sought for so long.

(thunder crashes)

When do we set out for the land
you've promised us...

When do we set out for the land
you've promised us...

and how do we get there?

This is where I wanted you
to bring them.

This is where I wanted you
to bring them.

Listen to my voice.

God has spoken to me again.

God has spoken to me again.

He will make
a bargain with us.

Instead of being slaves
and people without a home,

We will be a nation
of priests and holy men--

A special nation
if we obey his laws,

a special nation
if we obey his laws,

if we have no other God but him.
Shall we say yes?

If we have no other God but him.
Shall we say yes?

- (all) yes!
- Shall we?!

- Yes!
- You asked me for justice,

and I tried to find it
in here instead of there.

And I tried to find it
in here instead of there.

Do you accept God's bargain,

knowing how terrible
his anger will be

- if you fail to keep it?
- Yes!

(Moses) Yes?

(all) Yes!

You, my brother,

you will be the first priest
of this bargain with God

if you accept.

- Do you accept?
- Yes!

- Yes!
- (all) Yes!

(thunder crashing)

(woman screams)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(baby cries)

How long must we wait?

(thunder crashes)

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It's time.

It's time.

Are we Moses' subjects?

Are we Moses' subjects?

Is he our Pharaoh now...

Is he our Pharaoh now...

unable to move
without his permission?

This may be Moses' God,

This may be Moses' God,

But that doesn't mean
he's ours.

Has this God spoken
to any of us?

Have any of us
seen him?

We made a promise, yes,

We made a promise, yes,

but we didn't
do it willingly, did we?

- He forced us to agree.
- He forced us!

None of us have seen
this God!

It's not ours!

(baby crying)

They've won a battle--
two battles.

They destroyed the Egyptians
and then the Amalekites.

Shouldn't they celebrate?

Instead of having Moses speak
to them as if being chosen

As God's people
is a curse and not a reward.

Why don't we celebrate?

Don't we deserve to?

We should wait.

I love our brother...

but sometimes
when he looks at you...

but sometimes
when he looks at you...

Even you,

He sees someone
who is still a slave--

He left me in charge.

Then show you're in charge.

I'm the leader
while he's gone.

Then lead.

- We need a sign.
- A symbol.

Something to remind them
that they're God's people.

Something to remind them
that they're God's people.

(crowd speaking indistinctly)

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Give praise!

Come close!

- Come on!
- Yeah!

(laughing)

Yeah! Aah!

(woman screams)

Celebrate with us.

We gave our word!

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow we sacrifice
to I am who I am.

Tomorrow we sacrifice
to I am who I am.

(chanting)

Aaron!

Aaron!

We had a bargain with God.

We had a bargain with God.

We made him a promise!

We promised to have
no other Gods but him!

Why, Aaron?!

Why?!

Why did you do this?

Why did you do this?

The people--
they were scared.

The people--
they were scared.

They made the idol.

And you let them...

And you let them...

When he chose them
to be an example to the world?

When he chose you
to be his priest?

When he chose you
to be his priest?

You said!

(all yelling)

(all yelling)

You promised!

You gave your word!

You are not our leader.

You are not our leader.

Your way is too hard!

- We can't worship a God we can't see!
- A God who hides from us.

This God is too fond of rules!

Just too much!

Why can't we choose
our own rules?

Are ten rules
too many to live by?!

These are not our rules!

Even if God
did not give them to you,

Aren't they the rules
we need to live by?

We don't want your God!
We don't want your rules!

These are not our rules!

Who will stand with God?

Who will stand with God?

Who will stand with God,

Who will stand with God,

and who will stand
with that?

I am with you!

I'm here.

Brother.

My brother.

Sister.

(crowd shouting)

(all yelling)

(all yelling)

Stop it!
Please take us back!

Uhh!

Aah!

(grunts)

Not my son!

What do we do
with the prisoners?

No quota.

Kill them all.

It's God's will.

(crowd screaming)

Aah!

(Moses) I, uh,
knew I had to do it

(Moses) I, uh,
knew I had to do it

or--or--or God would have
made us all pay the price.

(Aaron) Will he forgive us?
Will he forgive us?

If--if--if he doesn't,
then he can kill me, too.

He can Kill me, too.

Moses.

Oh!

Oh, oh.

Take your people and go.

Take your people and go.

They broke their word.

They broke their word.

Will you renew
your promise to God?

(all) Yes.

Will you?

Will you live
according to his laws?

(all) Yes!

- Are you sure?
- Yes!

- Are you sure?
- Yes!

Do you hear that?

They say yes!
They say yes again!

They say yes!
They say yes again!

I have a place for them--

A land flowing
with milk and honey,

But they must go there
without me.

No. No!

I say yes.

And I say no! They need you!
I need you!

And I say no! They need you!
I need you!

They need the law
that you gave them!

Then kill me. Kill me!

Then kill me. Kill me!

(Moses) Kill me!

Come to me, Moses.

Come to me, Moses.

(all) Moses! Moses!

Moses! Moses! Moses!

Moses!

God has written the words
of his laws in stone

God has written the words
of his laws in stone

so that we will have them
for all time.

You will have no other God
than the one true God...

You will have no other God
than the one true God...

And you will not
make an image of God.

You will not
take his name in vain.

You will keep
every seventh day holy for him.

You will keep
every seventh day holy for him.

You will take care
of your father and your mother.

You will take care
of your father and your mother.

You will not kill.

You will not commit adultery.

You will not commit adultery.

You will not steal.

You will not
perjure yourself.

I saw them together.

You will not be jealous
of what others have.

You will not be jealous
of what others have.

Don't agree
to these laws lightly.

You have seen God's power.

If you say yes and fail him,
he won't just punish you--

If you say yes and fail him,
he won't just punish you--

He'll punish your children

He'll punish your children

And your children's children.

Where are we going?

To the land God promised us.

How long will it take?

Until God thinks we're ready.

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(man) Now began 40 years

of fighting
danger and hardship

for this ragged band
of ex-slaves

on their way
to becoming a people.

On their way
to becoming a people.

Although God
did not permit Moses

To enter the promised land,

He allowed him to see it
before he died.

He allowed him to see it
before he died.

He was buried outside it,
his grave forever unknown.

He was buried outside it,
his grave forever unknown.

He was buried outside it,
his grave forever unknown.